I recently finished up tastings of 2 2010 shincha from Zencha, Takumi and Moe.

Takumi was predictably outstanding fukamushi, full mouth feel, lots of veggie, sweet, and only the slightest trace of bitter. This can be brewed up quite strong if you brew it cooler. I brewed at 150*.

The Moe was very good for this price point. It took a little work to get the parameters right, but it was worth the effort as it was as good as many shincha I had costing considerably more. Not as deep nore as smooth as Takumi, but I liked it.

I rated these as follows based on a scale of 1-5 with 5 beeing the highest.

- Tea order around 85 dollars worth from zencha.net.
- Initial order shipping with normal post: 04 Nov 2010
- Waited some 2 or 3 weeks, no sign of it.
- Asked Zencha, they said it might be held for checking in customs in my country.
- Decided to wait, knowing that post in Spain is usually worst than snail races.
- Mid January 2011, still no delivery.( Guess some postmen love green tea .)
- Asked Zencha, Mr Nishiki said it will send it again, I asked for EMS, signed for(payed by me, of course).
-Second shipping, shipped with EMS on Jan 19th.
- Delivered today 24th Jan, (20 minutes ago).
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Conclusion: AWESOME vendor! Fast response, honorable treatment.
Advice : avoid standard post, at least if you never tested it before.